Asterophilia carlae Sea Star Scale Worm, Carla's Scale Worm

Asterophilia carlae is commonly referred to as Sea Star Scale Worm, Carla's Scale Worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

8982 

AphiaID:

326679 

Scientific:

Asterophilia carlae 

German:

Seestern Schuppenwurm,Carlas Schuppenwurm 

English:

Sea Star Scale Worm, Carla's Scale Worm 

Category:

Vers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Polynoidae (Family) > Asterophilia (Genus) > carlae (Species) 

Initial determination:

Hanley, 1989 

Occurrence:

Bali, Fiji, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Lembeh Strait, Malaysia, Pacific Ocean, Philippines 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

- 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Epibiont (living on other organisms), Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.18" (3 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Commensalism, No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Asterophilia carlae
  Seestern Schuppenwurm,Carlas Schuppenwurm
• Asterophilia culcitae

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-11-21 20:00:46 

Last edit:

2025-08-06 16:23:35 

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